Juan Mayr

Juan Mayr (born in Bogotá, 1952) is a Colombian photographer and politician. From 1993 to 1996, Mayr was elected vice-president of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). In 1998 he became Minister of the Environment of Colombia. He has also been president of the United Nation's conference on biosafety.Mark Coatney: [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,38402,00.html "'Frankenfood' Gets Labels___ Sort Of"] "Time Magazine" - January, 2000 (Retrieved on January 4, 2008)]

Goldman Prize

Mayr was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1993,Goldman Environmental Prize – South & Central America 1993: [http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/131 "Juan Mayr"] (Retrieved on January 4, 2008)] for leading a struggle for protecting biodiversity in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. He lived two years with the Kogi, and founded the "Fundación Pro-Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta" in 1986. In 1994 the Colombian government returned 19,500 hectares of traditional lands to the indigenous peoples of the Sierra Nevada.

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